Sad Cartoons

The Land Before Time and Bambi -- A couple of movies that left me traumatized as a kid. I thought my parents were going to get killed. I guess they prepared me for the worse, or made me overly emotional. Now I'm crying to three-dimensional digital films like Pixar's Up.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

I enjoyed the movie and the DVD it came on. At first I thought the design was going to be only for design sake, but it actually did relate to themes in the movie (which made it much better.) It's been done before. Reminds me of a music CD by System of a Down called "Steal This Album."

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Building a Better TMNT Movie

How can Hollywood deliver a Ninja Turtles movie that'll make fans say "Cowabunga?"
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Kinda spooky. I'd love to see Splinter.

Barrel of Monkeys

Barrel of Monkeys

I have played Barrel of Monkeys since I was a kid, but I always remember cheating and putting the monkeys together by hand. Really need to work on that patience...

On a side note: Will barrel of monkeys be Hollywood's next movie adaptation? Is there a game app for it?

 
On another side note: Why did me and my friends always say have you conquered that video game yet? Conquered is a little drastic is it not?

Monkeys Lurking in the Shadows. wdsiemer ii

Imaginary Places I'd Like To Visit

Imaginary Places I'd Like To Visit
William D. SIEMER II


Here are a few of the imaginary places I always wished I could go to. There are numerous others (Avatar's Pandora, the planets of Star Wars, The Truman Show's Seahaven (not Seaside, Florida) etc.)

Wonderland from Alice in Wonderland (Fantastical)

The Keebler Elf Tree (Yummy Cooking)

Mister Roger's Neighborhood of Make-Believe (Nostalgia)

Sesame Street (Just one of the Muppets)

Smurf Village (Community)

Emerald City / The Wizard of Oz (Mystery)

The World of David The Gnome (Homely)

 Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory (Adventure)

Recent News (Pixar / Burger King)

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Burger King mascot out, California Whopper in: Fast food company to focus more on menu items in ads

Burger King King eliminated

 

 

Bored Studios Tap Board Games

Bored Studios Tap Board Games
From Time Magazine

Having already plundered action figures, Saturday-morning cartoons (Smurfs) and theme-park rides (Pirates of the Caribbean) for material, Hollywood is turning to board games. A film version of Ouija will join already percolating Battleship and Risk projects.

Other movies include Candy Land, Clue, Masters of the Universe, Hot Wheels, and Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots.

What's next?
Magic Rocks?

Magic Rocks Photo from Nostalgia. wdsiemer ii

Netflix Price Increase

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Netflix Price Increase

Rabble, rabble, rabble...

Nobody likes price increases. Gas prices keep taking a hike. Cell phone bills are outrageous. Restaurants increase the prices on their menu. It seems my DirecTV bill has continually grown more expensive, and I get less of the channels I'd prefer to watch. Etc. Etc. Et Cetera.

Really in the scheme of things, Netflix raising prices of their all-inclusive DVD and streaming service from $9.99 to $7.99+7.99 isn't all that bad considering I used to pay over $5 for a few day rental from BLOCKBUSTER years ago.

As a customer, I'm not happy considering I am not getting more streaming movie options, but I understand their move from a business perspective. If another company has better prices for the services Netflix offers then maybe that company will do to Netflix what it did to BLOCKBUSTER. However, the reality is Netflix has a fairly good grasp on the market for the time-being.

I'll probably cancel my service just because I rarely use Netflix. I think I have had the same DVD out for 6 months now, and I don't stream enough to justify the price hike. However, true movie lovers shouldn't have anything to complain about. Whatever, whatever.

Some Netflix customers threaten to quit over price increases

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